Trudeau approval rating takes nationwide nosedive in latest poll

The Prime Minister’s latest approval rating shows a drop of ten points over the last three months, according to a poll by Angus Reid.

While 55 per cent of the nation are still confident in Trudeau’s performance, that number represents the lowest approval rating the Prime Minister has had since his win in last year’s federal election, as well as a 10 per cent drop since September.

That drop has been felt most significantly in the Liberal Party’s historical stronghold of Ontario, where 53 per cent of respondents approve of Trudeau, down 16 points from the last quarter.

The approval of the project is viewed as a positive move for the province of Alberta, where the government hopes it will kick-start the economy which has seen an unemployment rate dip to the lowest average since 1988.

Overall, nearly three-in-ten (or 29 per cent) say they expect their standard of living to worsen in the next 12 months – the highest number expressing this worry since this quarterly Angus Reid study began in 2010. And those with “middle class” incomes – a focus of the Trudeau government – express only marginally less worry with 26 per cent.

Angus Reid

It’s worth noting that while far from their height, Trudeau’s latest approval numbers still fare better than Stephen Harper’s national approval rating while holding a majority government, which peaked at just 42 per cent in December of 2014.

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Yasmin Aboelsaud

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